bankra

English

Noun

bankra (plural bankras)

1. (Jamaica) A kind of basket for transporting goods.
   • 2021, Alex Wheatle, Island Songs:

     All who were able carried a basket or what the locals called a 'bankra' of harvest offerings […] ; the firm-backed men, including David, were burdened with bigger baskets that they called 'cutacoos', the woven shoulder straps made of hemp.

Anagrams

• Barkan

Hungarian

Etymology

bank +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒŋkrɒ]
• Hyphenation: bank‧ra

Noun

bankra

1. sublative singular of bank

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from Akan boŋkara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋkra/
• Hyphenation: bank‧ra

Noun

bankra (plural bankra dem, quantified bankra)

1. basket, bankra

   Pack di bankra an ram dem in. For di bankra mus' full.

   Stuff as many of them as you can into the basket, because this basket needs to be full.

   • 2002, Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (in English), →ISBN, page 27:

     “BANKRA / bangkra , bóngkra / sb chiefly dial ; 1868 bankra , 1877 bunkra , 1895 bancra , 1934 bonkra ; < Twi boŋkárá ... 1934 Williams 36 , The Ashanti bonkara , a travelling basket , is the Jamaica bonkra , or as it is sometimes spelt bankra.”

References

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 79
• bankra – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary